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Discounting dilemmas: Editors’ introduction

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Richard Zeckhauser
W. Viscusi ()

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Volume (Year): 37 (2008)
Issue (Month): 2 (December)
Pages: 95-106
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Keywords: Discounting; Climate change; Risk; Irrationality; C25; D91; Q25;

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